Summary

Funded in 1975 by the National Institute of Mental Health,
this data collection proposed to assess the quality of American life
and to influence national policy aimed at enhancing mental health
resources. This collection contains 262 variables that were also
included in AMERICANS VIEW THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 1957 (ICPSR 3503). The
survey queried American adults on various areas in which problems
might arise, including marriage, parenthood, employment, and general
social relationships. Information about leisure time, past and present
physical and mental health, and motives for affiliation, achievement,
and power were also sought. In addition, extensive information was
collected concerning help-seeking, the readiness of people to use
professional help for mental health problems, the particular helpers
they used, referral mechanisms, and evaluation of help received.

Sample

Universe

Data Source

Data Type(s)

Original Release Date

1984-05-10

Version Date

2005-11-04

Version History

1984-05-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.

Standardized missing values.

Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.